Category: Sister Parish

A Quiz: The Fear Itself Edition

10/15/2018

At his first inauguration, Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously declared, "There's nothing to fear but fear itself." His successor, Harry Truman, admitted to being frightened of something, or rather, someone. He once quipped, “It’s not the Pope I’m afraid of, it’s the pop.” To whom was he referring?

HINT: Did the person Truman fear hire a Catholic nun to decorate the White House?

The answer is after the JUMP.

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Sister Parish's Design Philosophy: The Apple Tree Doctrine

4/8/2016

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''As a child, I discovered the happy feelings that familiar things can bring -- an old apple tree, a favorite garden, the smell of a fresh-clipped hedge, simply knowing that when you round the corner, nothing will be changed, nothing will be gone. I try to instill that lucky part of my life in each house that I do. Some think a decorator should change a house. I try to give permanence to a house, to bring out the experiences, the memories, the feelings that make it a home.''

--Sister Parish, Sister, The Life of the Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II

Sister Parish, Photograph by Lord Snowdon

Image Credit: Public Appearances, 1987-1991

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A Quiz: The Fear Itself Edition

Sister Parish's Design Philosophy: The Apple Tree Doctrine

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